Teacher Resources

The following links are resources that span all curricular areas:
Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.

4 Teachers
You will be prompted to download resource.

Animoto
Create movies.

Federal Resources for Education Excellence
Government site offering free resources.

Audacity
Free software to help record and edit sound.(podcasting)

Zamzar
File Conversion Software.

Promethean Planet
Collaborative student centered activities.

Go!Animate
Free animation tool.

Toondoo
Free cartoon expression tool.

21st Century Skills
Resource for 21st skills integration.

Google for Educators
Resources to assist in implementation of technology.

Poll Everywhere
Free online polls where students can text questions or respond to questions.

Dweeber
Free classroom social networking site.

Jakes Online
Site dedicated to using the tools of the digital age to advance pedagogical practice and student learning.

Free Technology
A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them. Ideas for technology integration in education.

Twitter
Social networking site that could be utilized with the classroom.

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools
Wiki space that offers a multitude of categorized resources.

Primary Acces
Allows students and teachers to use primary source documents to complete meaningful and compelling learning activities with digital movies, storyboards, rebus stories and other online tools.

Learning Tools
E-learning tools

WoBook
Students can create books to share.

Aviary
Photo editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture, and more.

Cool Text
Graphics generator

WizLite
Highlight text on any page on the internet.

Glogster
Mix graphics, photos, videos, music, text, etc. into glogs.

Educational Uses of Digitial Story Telling
University of Houston site advocating use of digital media.

ck-12
Flexbooks

Logo Maker
Design your own logos.

Lovely Charts
Online diagramming application.

Says It
Funny Photos and Graphics Maker

Class Tools
Create free educational games, activities, and diagrams.

X Timeline
Online timeline maker.

Microsoft E-Reader
Software application that allows you to read e-books.

Springnote
Springnote is also a great tool for group projects as it allows group members to easily collaborate.

Google Docs
Upload your files, edit anytime from anywhere, choose who can access your documents
share and collaborate online.

Webnote
Great note taking tool for collaborative groups or individuals. (Think-Post-its for the computer)

Soshiku
The Smart Way to Keep Track of Your School Work(Great tool for students and parents)

Delicious
Social Bookmarking

Curriculum Songs
Check this site out, copyright free music to use in the classroom

Prezi
An alternative to PowerPoint